As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Twin Cities Area
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

